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wuffling

wuffling is the present participle and gerund of wuffle.

Meaning of wuffle

Verb

wuffle (third-person singular simple present wuffles, present participle wuffling, simple past and past participle wuffled)

  1. To sniff or snort gently.
    • Nosing deeply over that opinion, he suddenly cocked an indignant leg, back scratched with vigour and made a wuffling sound in his whiskers about what would happen to that scoundrel if he came misusing our rocks again.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 130

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Questions about wuffling

What is wuffling the present participle and gerund of?
Wuffling is the present participle and gerund of wuffle.

Words near wuffling in the dictionary

  1. wuffled
  2. wuffler
  3. wufflers
  4. wuffles
  5. wuffless
  6. wuffling
  7. wuffo
  8. wuffos
  9. wuffs
  10. WuFlu
  11. Wufong

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